DAY THREE:
Already missed a day, nice. I couldn't find a tutorial that did exactly what I wanted (a 2D platformer dash a la Mega Man X), so I just made it up! I think it's actually working really well now! I think eventually I'd like to give it a little more finesse and flare, maybe mange air dashes differently than standard dashes, but for now I'm marking that off and moving on!
I might spend the next day or two working on art and character design. Right now I'm mostly using Mega Man sprites, but some of the stuff like melee weapons and attacks aren't served by that. So I at least need something rough and more appropriate to work with.